Mayor Pete, the outgoing transportation secretary, will be hitting the friendly skies, using his Christmas gift and making up for some lost time.
Some JetBlue passengers who experienced bad delays ... make flying unreliable for travelers," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday in a statement. "Today's action puts the airline ...
Under the penalty, JetBlue must pay $1 million to the U.S. Treasury and use the remaining $1 million to compensate impacted passengers, the DOT says. Customers will receive at least $75 if they experience any future JetBlue delays of three hours or more within the next year.
JetBlue Airways is facing a $2 million penalty from the U.S. Transportation Department for repeated flight delays along the East Coast
US carrier JetBlue has been fined $2 million by the US DOT for consistently operating ‘chronically delayed flights’
WASHINGTON (WNDU) - Pete Buttigieg is about to end his latest gig. This coming Monday, the former South Bend mayor will also become the former secretary of transportation. As a Biden appointee, he will be replaced as the president leaves office.
The lawsuit alleges Southwest illegally operated chronically delayed flights and disrupted passengers' travel plans.
Having assessed a first-of-its-kind fine for “chronic flight delays” against JetBlue Airways, federal regulators have now moved to penalize both Southwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines for similar infractions.
The lawsuit filed in California alleges that Southwest illegally operated chronically delayed flights and disrupted passengers’ travel plans.
The DOT's moves come weeks after issuing a multi-million dollar fine against JetBlue.
The US Department of Transportation sued Southwest Airlines and fined Frontier Airlines for flight delays, seeking civil penalties against Southwest and imposing a $650,000 fine on Frontier, part of a broader crackdown on airline delay issues.
Southwest Airlines is being sued and Frontier Airlines fined over chronic flight delays by the Department of Transportation, the DOT announced Wednesday. Why it matters: Wednesday's announcement by the outgoing Biden administration's Transportation Secretary,